Question

SSON 3 SESSION 13 Solve the problem. Show your work.A chewing gum company surveys 25,526 customersabout their favorite chewing gum flavors. The data isused to help the company decide what flavors tocontinue making. To the nearest thousand, about howmany customers does the company survey?

Answer 1

Given:

A chewing gum company surveys 25,526 customers about their favourite chewing gum flavours.

To find:

The number of customers to the nearest thousand.

Step-by-step explanation:

The number is 25,526.

The number next to the thousand's place number is 5 which is greater than or equal to 5.

So, add 1 to the previous number and replace all other numbers after the thousand's place with zero's.

Therefore, the number to the nearest thousand is 26,000.

Final answer:

The number to the nearest thousand is 26,000.